General Reference
APA STYLE
- Writing Guides APA – American Psychological Association (by CSU)
- Cite Resources: American Psychological Association (APA) (by The Ohio State University University Libraries)
- Getting Started with APA Style (by UBC Library)
Booklist
Copyright
- Copyright Advisory Network – A Community of librarians, copyright scholars, policy wonks.
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States (by the Cornell Copyright Information Center)
- U.S. Copyright Office
E-books – A brief list of some of the legitimate free e-book websites.
- Baen Free Library – Over 100 free Science Fiction and Fantasy from the publisher.
- Project Gutenberg – Online collection of e-books in the public domain.
Government Websites (Domestic & Foreign) – A small list of government website I refer to.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- European Patents – European Patents. (In English)
- Gateway NLM Search - Search multiple NLM resources including, but not limited to: NLM catalog, Medline/PubMed, Toxline subset, and Clinical Trials.gov.
- Grants.gov Find and Apply for federal government grants.
- IRS Publications Online This links to a list of tax code documents such as Medical, Farming, etc.
- Japanese Patents – A searchable database of Japanese patents. (In English)
- National Institutes for Health An excellent website for authoritative health information.
- National Library of Health FAQ – Frequently Asked Reference Questions for patients and caregivers.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook This website describes the training/education, earnings, job prospects and work lives for hundreds of different types of jobs.
- Statistical Abstracts – “The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.”
- U.S. Patent Office – Search, view, or find out how to submit a patent in the U.S. There is even a free plugin that alows you to download and print a patent one page at a time.
- USA.gov One stop shoping to federal government websites.
Libraries
- The Library of Congress
- The British Library
- The Los Angelos Public Library
- The New York Public Library
Multi-Subject Reference Sites
- DMOZ The Open Directory Project
- Institutional Repository Biliography, Version 2
- The Internet Public Library (IPL)
Writing Guides
- The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) This is a great resource on various writing styles and how to write and research a variety of topics and papers.
- Style Manual : University of Minnesota Another great resource to help you write and edit your work. I especially like their section on language usage.
